Album Review

Composer Christophe Beck (The Sentinel, Elektra) peppers his red, white & blue score for director MCG's football drama with the kind of austere, lonely brass motifs that gave Randy Newman's theme for The Natural its sepia-tone sheen and have since become synonymous with America's heartland. Soft and emotive piano cues mingle with contemplative strings that invoke sunsets in a cornfield and stoic faces dealing with tragedy, and the inevitable sentimental climax delivers the goods, resulting in a textbook audio rendering of the American sports drama that gives back to the listener as much as they're willing to put in to it.

Biography

Born: 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Genre: Soundtrack

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Canadian composer Christophe Beck has written music for both film and television. After honing his craft at Yale University and the Thornton School of Music, Beck found work composing for such shows as Law & Order and NYPD Blue. He won an Emmy in 1998 for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and has contributed music for a bevy of television and film productions, including Angel, Garfield, Elektra, The Pink Panther, Pitch Perfect, and...